In the realm of breast augmentation, there are currently two main options – saline and traditional silicone implants. However, in the next few years, you can expect to hear a lot more about a new type of breast implant. They’re called, strangely enough, gummy bear implants, and they offer a lot of advantages over the other two options.
The main benefit of gummy bear implants – technically known as cohesive silicone gel implants – is that they can be molded into a natural-looking shape. The material they’re made of is malleable but hard, much like the candy they’re named after. This allows for natural breast shapes that can potentially last a long, long time.
Other types of implants can be molded into more natural shapes as well, but they tend to degrade over time. In the end, they often take on a round, balloon shape that many women (not to mention, men) find unattractive. If gummy bear implants do nothing more than solve this problem, they are sure to be a big hit.
Another thing these implants have going for them is that they seem to be pretty safe. Because of the hard, cohesive material they’re made of, there’s not much chance of them breaking open and sending their contents migrating around the body. Such scenarios are always a concern with softer, more liquid breast implants.
Unfortunately, gummy bear breast implants have not yet been approved for general use in the United States. They’ve been in use in Europe for over a decade, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been understandably cautious about clearing them for use in this country. At the moment, they are in clinical trials, but based on early information, it appears they will eventually get approved.
The day that they become available for general use can’t come soon enough for many women. The benefits of using gummy bear breast implants are tempting indeed.